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Retro buffet upcycle

Ranya
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Retro buffet upcycle

I got this buffet for free on Facebook market place and oh it needed quite a bit of work!

 

The glass sliding doors weren’t exactly sliding, big chunks of veneer missing from the sides and it had a million layers of paint.

And the cherry on top was this smell that tells you how old this buffet was (I tell you at the end of this how I got rid of it)!

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 Here is how and what I used for this makeover :

Cleaned the piece really well using Selley’s sugar soap. I then got to sanding using my Ryobi orbital sander and look what I found!

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Layers and layers of paint, so I continued sanding until I got to the bare wood.

 

Tip: if you want to up-cycle a piece of furniture that was unprofessionally painted, you’d want to remove all the old paint so your new paint can adhere well to the surface.

 

Once that was done, I filled up all the gouges caused by the missing veneer using Timber are’s wood filler, waited for it to dry and sanded it smooth.

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I then primed the entire piece using British paints 4 in 1 primer followed by 3 coats of that beautiful burnt orange colour by Pureco.

for the legs, I used Rust-Oleum spray paint in black and White-knight spray paint in gold.

 

for the shelves, I used this herringbone adhesive paper from Bunnings (by Boyle), attached the new hardware and there you have it

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And to remove the bad smell, which was predominantly in the drawers, I wiped the insides with vinegar, let it dry in the sun and conditioned all the exposed wood with Gilly's Carnauba polish which smells AMAZING! 

Jason
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Re: Retro buffet upcycle

Beautiful piece of furniture @Ranya. Many thanks for sharing the detail about how you went about the restoration process. I'm sure members will find your post really helpful as well as inspiring.

 

Jason

 

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Wendyjoyhall
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Re: Retro buffet upcycle

Fantastic work!

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